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They Are Marching Down On High Street chords by Ye Banished Privateers

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
        Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramG+G
Down in Old Wapping docks, near the banks and the rocks
           Chord diagramD MajorD                             Chord diagramE minorEm
Where the gibbets use to sing across the Thames
      Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramG+G
Every now and every then with a silver oar with them
     Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramE minorEm
The Marshals come to visit our block

Verse:
        Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramG+G
If you cannot pay your rent, off to prison you'll be sent
                   Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramE minorEm
Where the gaolers entertain you in their stoney hall
          Chord diagramE minorEm                                Chord diagramG+G
Like the tattooed one armed creature, they call the Newgate Preacher
           Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramE minorEm
For his tales of liberty he must repent

Chorus:
          Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
      Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
     Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
     Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramE minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Verse:
           Chord diagramE minorEm                     Chord diagramG+G
But for my own felony, there will be no clemency
      Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramE minorEm
As a gentleman of fortune I did serve
        Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramG+G
Now I’m rolling out of jail, and my final quart of ale
           Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramE minorEm
Has been paid for by the Marshall Deputy

Chorus:
          Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
      Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
     Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
     Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramE minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Verse:
          Chord diagramE minorEm                   Chord diagramG+G
For this morbid dalliance, In hope to catch a glance
    Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramE minorEm
My audience has come to see my dance
          Chord diagramE minorEm                              Chord diagramG+G
Like the withered William Kidd, who I'll now be hanging with
        Chord diagramD MajorD                                Chord diagramE minorEm
As the cart towards the docks has well advanced

Verse:
       Chord diagramE minorEm                             Chord diagramG+G
I can see my house from here. See, I grew up over there
         Chord diagramD MajorD                               Chord diagramE minorEm
And I'm still a whipping boy, to this I swear
        Chord diagramE minorEm                            Chord diagramG+G
As the chaplain reads his prayers, I climb the wooden stairs
        Chord diagramD MajorD                                     Chord diagramE minorEm
And my true love stands there staring at the snare

Chorus:
          Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
      Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
     Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
     Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramE minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Chorus:
          Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD
Oh close your eyes walk away now my love
      Chord diagramE minorEm                                   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD
Don’t be here when the tide leaves in the morning
     Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramD MajorD
And I'll see you at the heavenly gates
         Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramB minorBm          Chord diagramE minorEm
Where my face will be as handsome as today

Chorus:
          Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
      Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
     Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
     Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramE minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Chorus:
          Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
      Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
     Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
     Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramE minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

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